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Eduardo Paes, the voluble, samba-dancing former mayor of Rio de Janeiro who presided over its Olympic Games, had expected to win his bid to become governor of Rio de Janeiro state. He had been leading the polls with 27% and was considered to be generally well liked by voters for his affable charm and love of his home city. |
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…father to spend 14 years in jail for defiling, impregnating daughter The Edo State Government’s effort to rid the state of paedophiles in line with the enforcement of the Child Rights Act is yielding positive results, as the Evbuoriaria Magistrate Court in Benin City, Edo State has sentenced six persons to various jail terms for defiling minors. |
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The Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation has said there is confusion in the Buhari Campaign Organisation over the emergence of Atiku as presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A statement on Monday by the campaign organisation said the Atiku camp was not surprised.... |
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On Saturday, October 6, rumour had it that beautiful Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe is a relationship with a serving governor. That was not all, it was also reported that the mother-of-two allegedly received a mansion from the governor. NAIJ.com earlier reported that the story raised speculations on.... |
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The Founder of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has told politicians seeking elective positions in the country, to focus on issues that would benefit the masses.
Bakare made the appeal yesterday, during a service to mark Nigeria’s 58th independence anniversary. |
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WAUSAU - A former Wausau pastor pleaded not guilty of child enticement Monday, after police said he sent explicit messages to someone he thought was a 15-year-old boy. Scott Patschke, 53, sent the messages through apps called Grindr and Text Now, according to court documents. |
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The Convener of Save Nigeria Group (SNG), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that the 2019 presidential race between President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would be a robust fight between two ‘old eagles’. |
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HOUSTON - A La Porte youth football coach is accused of indecency with a child. Craig Gibbs appeared in court Monday morning. A judge ordered Gibbs to have no contact with the female victim.
Gibbs, 41, was arrested Friday and charged with indecency of a child with sexual contact. |
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Jethro Ibileke/Benin. An Evbuoriaria Magistrate Court in Benin City, Edo State, has sentenced six persons, including a seminarian, a pastor and a police corporal to various jail terms, for defiling minors. The paedophiles include 42-year-old Friday Moses, a commercial motorcycle operator, Lambert.... |
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Adejoke Adeleye, Abekuta. A former Commissioner for Information in Ogun State and a governorship aspirant under the platform of Social Democratic Party, Mr Sina Kawonise has dumped the party to pick the governorship ticket of YES Electorates Solidarity Party, (YES Party) Kawonise was elected in.... |
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PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has fired back at the Buhari Campaign Organization which had suggested that his emergence as the main opposition flag bearer in next year’s election was the result of money politics. A statement issued on Monday by his campaign organization in Abuja, said.... |
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Reward reaches $18,000 for information on the masked Chicago serial killer believed to be targeting innocent victims after two men are shot at random in point blank attacks The reward is being offered to by the Chicago ATF division, a community activist, a Jewish organization and crime stoppers;.... |
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On Oct. 8, 1918, Alvin York single-handedly killed 25 and captured 132 of the enemy, forcing the German Army to retreat from their position
Perhaps the most celebrated U.S. soldier from Word War I, Alvin York, wrote these words on his on his draft registration card : “don’t want to fight.” But York did fight. |
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Friday Moses, a commercial motorcycle operator, sentenced to 14 years in prison with hard labour, without the option of fine, for defiling and impregnating his 13-year-old daughter.
BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government’s effort to rid the state of paedophiles in line with the enforcement of the.... |
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Sunday morning at Shiloh Baptist Church started as it does most every weekend, with a 10 a.m. service with prayers, singing and Biblical passages. Beautiful stained glass windows cast the morning sunlight against the white walls of the small church as 122 people — a much larger crowd than usual — bowed their heads and said a short prayer together. |
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Just as in past years, at the Hilltop Baptist Church, the passionate voice of Pastor Davis Lloyd resonated across the expansive conference room at the Royale Caribbean Hotel a few year days ago. It was there that he and his wife were honoured on Sunday evening, September 30, the eve of his 87th birthday. |
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has observed its 35th anniversary on Sunday, September 30th. The local ECCB branch in Anguilla marked the milestone with a special service at the Church of God (Holiness), headed by Pastor Philip Gumbs. Personnel from ECCB as well as other officials of the banking profession were in attendance. |
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THE Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) named as Regional Model OFW Family of the Year Award (Mofya) winners families from Bataan and Bulacan. Herenio Corpuz and family from Hermosa, Bataan placed first in the Land-Based Category while Captain Domingo Cruz and family from Plaridel, Bulacan topped the Sea-Based Category. |
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Campus Pastor Mayo Sowell leads services at the Parker High School-based branch of the Church of the Highlands in downtown Birmingham. File.
The newest branch of Alabama's largest church features a former Auburn University football player as the preacher. |
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By Karen Dandurant, Portsmouth Herald October 8, 2018 12:15 pm. KITTERY, Maine — All creatures great and small were welcomed at St. Marks United Methodist Church on Sunday for the 8th annual Blessing of the Animals. Pastor Bill Humphrey said the idea was the brainchild of parishioner Katherine Davis. |
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Pastor Tunde Bakare, Senior Pastor, Latter Rain Assembly, spoke to newsmen in Ikeja after making a speech on Nigeria’s 58th Independence anniversary in his church said that Atiku Abubakar’s emergence as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate will make the 2019 election keen and interesting. |
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Three administrative officials from the North Caribbean Conference (NCC) of Seventh-day Adventists, based in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, were in Anguilla for several days. They were assessing the functioning of the Church and discussing humanitarian and spiritual plans for improvement among other critical matters. |
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Two new polls show that the race for North Carolina’s 9th District congressional seat remains close, as Democrats try to flip the longtime Republican seat. Dan McCready, a U.S. Marine veteran and businessman, is running against Mark Harris, the former pastor of Charlotte’s First Baptist Church. |
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This past week marked a turning point in the nation’s political history. It was Abubakar Atiku and all the news around his much-anticipated victory at the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which ended on Sunday in Port Harcourt. |
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FILE - This Jan. 29, 2016, file photo shows weapons on display at the U.S. Attorney's office following the arrests of gang members in Boston. Nearly three years after the nation's largest single takedown of MS-13 gang members, residents of strongly Central American communities in the Boston area say the streets are noticeably quieter. |
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